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Question
Pick out from the extract of the play two lines that provide evidence for each of the following.
| Lines | ||
| a. | Her confidence | 1. |
| 2. | ||
| b. | Her courage | 1. |
| 2. | ||
| c. | Her optimism | 1. |
| 2. | ||
| d. | Her determination | 1. |
| 2. | ||
| e. | Her patriotism | 1. |
| 2. |
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Solution
| Lines | ||
| a. | Her confidence | 1. The Dauphin will give me all I need to free Orleans |
| 2. I will teach them all to fight for France. | ||
| b. | Her courage | 1. She really doesn't seem to be afraid of anything. |
| 2. The Squire's glare neither frightens her nor stops her. | ||
| c. | Her optimism | 1. If she can put some fight into him, she can put it into anybody. |
| 2. I don't think it can be very difficult if God is on your side. | ||
| d. | Her determination | 1. I have arranged it all. You have only to give the order. |
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2. You said that you would not see me. But here I am. |
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| e. | Her patriotism | 1. I will teach them all to fight for France. |
| 2. You and Polly will live to see the day when there will not be a single English soldier on the soil of France |
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